MoreThe EPA wants stakeholder advice on a range of issues
affecting the pesticide industry, and would like industry and chemical experts
to supply good data. The agency announced in its Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, Federal
Register that it will conduct a national stakeholders meeting to
solicit input on methods being evaluated by the Office of Pesticide Programs
and the Office of Water to develop common characterizations of effects from
pesticides on fish, other aquatic organisms, and aquatic plants in aquatic
ecosystems.
The national meeting will be held in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1, 2010.
The EPA has developed a set of draft white papers that explore: 1) The use of various tools to estimate aquatic toxicity data; 2) approaches for deriving community level benchmarks; and 3) procedures for better integrating plant effects data into community level assessments. The agency is soliciting stakeholder input on the tools and approaches presented in the draft white papers via public comment and at the national meeting. The white papers are available from the Office of Water's website.
SOURCE: Federal Register
The national meeting will be held in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1, 2010.
The EPA has developed a set of draft white papers that explore: 1) The use of various tools to estimate aquatic toxicity data; 2) approaches for deriving community level benchmarks; and 3) procedures for better integrating plant effects data into community level assessments. The agency is soliciting stakeholder input on the tools and approaches presented in the draft white papers via public comment and at the national meeting. The white papers are available from the Office of Water's website.
SOURCE: Federal Register
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